The Last White Man

The novel uses the technique of magical realism, and it is about a white man, Anders, who one morning wakes up to find himself changed to a darker skin color and a different, unfamiliar appearance. Soon, more people begin to experience the same changes, and society finds itself divided and puzzled with questions about race, privilege, loss, love, identity, and belonging.^[5]

Hamid published a short story on the same theme as 'The Face in the Mirror' in the same year as the novel.^[6]